From Milton to The New York Times: How the free press shaped the free world

The press is sometimes referred to as “the Fourth Estate” — an entity designed to review the three branches of government.

VMI administrators bully student newspaper over unflattering coverage

Reported infighting between VMI administration and staff at The Cadet student newspaper has led to disputes regarding the paper’s status and distribution.

Title IX weaponized against student journalists, again. This time, at Princeton.

No-contact order issued against Princeton Tory reporter just another example of universities misusing Title IX to silence the press.

Stars, Stripes and Civil Rights: The 2022 FIRE Student Network Conference

The FIRE Student Network Conference returned with some old friends and some new twists. 

Virginia Commonwealth University plans to violate the First Amendment rights of thousands of students with deferred recruitment policy

VCU will ban all first-semester students from joining its fraternity and sorority community, a senseless violation of students’ First Amendment rights.

Nobody said defending free speech was easy

Floyd Abrams Institute to launch new press clause project — FAN 347

Introducing FIRE’s summer interns: Part 2

It’s been about a month since FIRE’s summer undergraduate interns started working with us. In celebration of them and their efforts, we would like to share a little bit about each intern in a two-blog series.

Introducing FIRE’s summer interns: Part 1

It’s been about a month since FIRE’s summer undergraduate interns started working with us. In celebration of them and their efforts, we would like to share a little bit about each intern in a two-blog series.

FIRE to Hood College: You can’t fire faculty for backlash to their political views